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    SSD Using Optical Hard Drive Caddy and MicroSATA to IDE Adapter

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Leverage, Feb 25, 2012.

  1. Leverage

    Leverage Newbie

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    Hi All,

    I just ordered my SSD with the following configurations to experiment with:

    Configuration 1:
    1) SSD Drive:
    MyDigitalSSD 64GB Bullet Proof 1.8" microSATA:
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    2) 1.8" MircoSATA to 2.5" IDE Adapter:
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    Configuration 2:

    1) SSD Drive:
    Kingston SSDNow V100 64GB
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    2) IDE to SATA 12.7mm 2nd HDD Caddy
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    The laptop I will be installing them on has the following specs:
    CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) Duo CPU T2250 @ 1.73GHz
    Northbridge Intel i945GM rev. 03
    Southbridge Intel 82801GHM (ICH7-M/U) rev. B0
    Memory Type DDR2
    Memory Size 2048 MBytes

    I am seeking advice on how to optimize my SSD performance once I have it installed early next week since I will be using a legacy IDE controller instead of SATA. Also, any benchmark suggestions will be great since I will be posting them for others to see.

    Thanks!
     
    Leverage, Feb 25, 2012
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  2. Peon

    Peon Notebook Virtuoso

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    I must ask - why the IDE optical drive port rather than the SATA 2.5" HDD port?
     
    Peon, Feb 25, 2012
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  3. Leverage

    Leverage Newbie

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    It's because I do not have a SATA 2.5" HDD port.
     
    Leverage, Feb 25, 2012
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  4. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    I mean basically you'll get performance up to the throughput of the IDE bus... about 100MB/s sequential read write. Random read/write shouldn't be affected that much.

    Given that it's rare for most SSD users to utilize maximum throughput for extended periods of time, I doubt you'll notice much of a difference between IDE and SATA, had you the chance to test both.

    Either way, I would honestly save up and just buy a new laptop though.
     
    Commander Wolf, Feb 25, 2012
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